New AZ Songs, Mixtapes & Videos

While this might be MoSS’ first-ever solo Booth feature, the underground beatsmith has been on the scene for years - working with names like Ghostface, Obie Trice and more and also putting out a collaborative album with...
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After taking one listen to producer Rodney Hazard‘s latest single, you might get the feeling that you’ll be replaying it for decades to come. Featured artist and veteran wordsmith AZ had the same thought, leading...
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After listening to Love Don’t Live Here Anymore, The Battlefield and Double Cross, Ghostface Killah fans could take a vacation from the blogosphere, secure in the knowledge that the Wu-Tang vet’s next album is...
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On The Battlefield, the last single off his forthcoming solo set, Ghostface Killah returned from a nine-year absence to find that his native Staten Island had changed for the worse: crackheads are on every corner, kids are...
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Released to rave Booth reviews last Tuesday, the lead single off Ghostface Killah‘s next solo set was a soulful jam recounting Tony Starks’s tearful reunion with an old flame. To say the follow-up is a little...
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Decades after his classic contribution to Illmatic, AZ‘s agile, intricate flow hasn’t lost one iota of its power. Don’t believe me? You will, after hearing the East Coast mainstay work a little Red Magic on...
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Fresh off contributing guest vocals to Messing With You, the Booth debut from pop songstress Justine Skye, Big Apple veteran AZ bounces back with a fresh single of his own. I Excel, the follow-up to May’s We...
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Considering it’s been quite a while since AZ has been a heavy-hitter in the industry, you might think we were Messing With You when we tell you that he is a part of Justine Skye’s eclectic new record. The young...
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While AZ hasn’t made an appearance on our pages since dropping off My N*ggas back in March of 2012, the underground vet hasn’t been resting on his laurels in the meantime. Just the opposite; on We Movin’,...
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The New York area has produced its fair share of hip-hop greats. However, often overshadowed is hip-hop veteran, AZ. It’s been almost 17 years since AZ released his critically acclaimed debut album, Doe or Die, and it...
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Trends come and go, but the heart of hip-hop will keep beating as long as there are heads to create and appreciate it… right? On new mixtape single All Comes Back, MB4 reflects on the question of hip-hop history,...
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A Brooklyn mainstay whose songwriting, production and rhymes appeared prominently on a little album called The Score, first-time featuree John Forté is by no means new to the game but, after spending much of the 2000s behind...
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Don’t let the title deceive you: The Calm, the latest single from AZ, is not exactly chill-out material. Unless you consider drug-dealing and gunplay appropriate activities for a relaxing evening – in which case,...
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At first blush, the life of a big-shot rapper seems like it would be a walk in the park. But if you really take a minute to think about it… um… nope, still seems pretty great to me. While I’m not entirely...
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Although he’s been in the game a bit longer, DJ Kay Slay is now applying the “DJ Khaled” method to his new album More Than Just a DJ. Khaled is known for making big-budget posse cuts happen between major artists like...
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No, you’re not seeing double – today’s feature lineup includes not one but two tracks titled I’m ILL. Since I’m all about sowing seeds of discord, I’ll go ahead and pose the obvious question:...
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Some of the best hip-hop songs of all time are those that tell a good story (see Children’s Story, Brenda’s Got a Baby, and Runaway Love). Knowing what works, longtime industry-shenanigan victim Ali Vegas...
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AZ has been a pretty busy man of late. After releasing Undeniable this past April, the former Firm emcee dropped his Certified SOSA mixtape to much of the industry’s chagrin. On his new single, Magic Hour, however, it’s...
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You’ve probably never heard of ASN, but judging from the acronym, you might guess that it stands for something sweet like “Agile Street Ninja,” or “Amazing Salsa n’ Nachos” (consider them both...
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AZ is a classic example of the emcee who knows how to make dope tracks, but can never achieve the commercial success that everyone expects of him. His career has been an uphill battle since the late ‘90s, when he rode on...
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Nas’s forthcoming album might have experienced a change in title (from N*gger to Untitled), but it seems to have inspired former Firm group member, AZ. On August 5, the Brooklyn native with release a mixtape project...
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Since her release from Riker’s on April 18, Foxy Brown has done everything in her power to get her career and life back on track. To start, she will release Brooklyn’s Don Diva (her first album in about...
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Although most reviewers considered Undeniable another strong album in AZ‘s ever-growing discography, the LP has had massive trouble selling (in fact, a recent Soundscan showed the Mormon Tabernacle Choir had outsold...
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In what might go down as the most unlikely collaboration since Michael Jackson and Fergie got down for a track on the recently-released, Thriller 25, veteran New York MC, AZ, has hooked up with recently-featured singer, Ray...
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After seeing success on two previous releases under Koch Records (A.W.O.L, The Format), Brooklyn rapper AZ has decided to go another round. On April 1st the veteran MC, who has released five solo albums since 1995, will...
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New York, NY -- KOCH Records is excited to announce the release of Undeniable, the brand new album by celebrated lyricist AZ. Undeniable will be released on February 19th, 2008. The new album features Ray J, Styles P and...
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Anyone who has spent a day living in the ghetto understands that putting your Life on the Line is nothing new. One of New York’s most underrated MC’s, AZ, happens to understand that harsh reality better than...
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Yo, this is the cut. Following the release of his last album Time is Money, Styles P, the Yonkers rapper from D-Block, with a guest appearance by AZ, brings the people The Hardest. Produced by Large Professor, The...
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The debut album, Dark Water, from MC’s SoulStice and Haysoos (Wade Waters) is a breath of fresh hip-hop air. The lead single, Speak On It, features veteran AZ and production from the underground sounds of...
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